Laura Owens (born 1970 in Euclid, Ohio) is an American painter who emerged in the late 1990s from the Los Angeles Art Scene. She is best known for large-scale paintings that combine a variety of art historical references and painterly techniques. In 2013, turned her studio work space into an exhibition space called 356 Mission, in collaboration with art dealer, Gavin Brown, and soon after, hosting a second location for the art bookstore Ooga Booga—the venue has exhibited artists such as Elaine Sturtevant and Alex Katz.